Summary
This painting has the title 'Sacred Snake' and depicts a large snake with crosshatching painted on its back. The black background and the form of the bird is quite distinctive.
Physical Description
A single sheet of bark (Stringybark, Eucalytpus tetrodonta) painted with natural pigments.
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Object/Medium
Painting, bark
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Maker
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Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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Date Produced
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Object Measurements
1000 mm (Length), 550 mm (Width), 110 mm (Height)
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Collector
Mr Errol Beutel, circa 1962
Errol Beutel was a secondary collector who bought this work in the early 1960s. His private collection was purchased by CRA (now Rio Tinto). -
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands